Checked on 31 October 2026
Neon alternative: Enzonic Databases compared
Neon is serverless Postgres with branching and scale-to-zero, and a generous free plan. Enzonic Databases offers Postgres with branches and scale-to-zero too, plus MySQL, MariaDB, Valkey, ClickHouse and more, at flat plan prices that also include app hosting.
Neon and Enzonic Databases side by side
Entry plans and the limits people ask about most. Prices in US dollars, before tax.
| Neon | Enzonic Databases | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 100 projects, 1 GB storage per project, 100 CU-hours per project a month | 10 (any engines) databases |
| Free storage | 1 GB per project | 3 GB each, 10 GB total |
| Scale to zero on free | After 5 minutes; cannot be turned off | Up to 0.25 vCPU / 512 MB, scales to zero after 5 min idle |
| Paid pricing model | Launch: pay as you go, $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month, no monthly minimum | Flat: Starter $5, Pro $10 a month |
| Branches | 10 per project on Free | 10 per database |
| Restore history | 6 hours on Free | Pro: Daily, 7 days kept + PITR (Postgres) 7 days |
| Engines | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Valkey, FerretDB, ClickHouse, libSQL, PocketBase, Supabase |
Which one fits
Choose Neon if you need
- Many more free projects, and autoscaling compute up to large sizes.
- Instant copy-on-write branching designed into the storage engine.
- Several cloud regions.
What is different on Enzonic
- Flat monthly prices instead of compute-hour metering.
- Other engines on the same plan: MySQL, Valkey, ClickHouse and more.
- App hosting and CI included, with DATABASE_URL wired into your project.
Moving from Neon
- 1Create a PostgreSQL database on databases.enzonic.com.
- 2pg_dump from Neon and pg_restore into Enzonic with the connection string from the console.
- 3Swap DATABASE_URL; use the unpooled URL for migrations.
Sources
- Neon pricingread on 31 October 2026
Neon is a trademark of its owner. Enzonic is not affiliated with Neon. Prices and limits change; check the sources above for the current figures. Enzonic figures come from the live plan data.
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